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Tito Ortiz wants to unretire to stop Jon Jones from breaking his record

This past Saturday night at UFC 159, UFC light heavyweight champion Jon “Bones” Jones (18-1 MMA, 12-1 UFC) tied the record of five consecutive successful light heavyweight title defenses set by Tito Ortiz back in 2002, by defeating challenger Chael Sonnen via TKO in the very first round.

Since then, the now retired former champ, Tito Ortiz, has tweeted that he would like to keep his record from being broken:

@TitoOrtiz: Well I may have to come out of retirement to beat @JonnyBones I can’t let I’m beat my record. @Punishment99 #ufc159 #UFConXboxLIVE

Tito Ortiz (16-11-1 MMA, 15-11-1 UFC) went just 1-7-1 in his final 9 octagon appearances, so the chances of unretiring into a title shot seem pretty remote.

Who would you like to see Jones face next? And if Tito were to return, who would you like to see him square off with?

0 Responses to “Tito Ortiz wants to unretire to stop Jon Jones from breaking his record”

Tito’s only chance of Jones not breaking his record is for him to talk the UFC into giving Daniel Cormier next shot at Jones. I would bet big on Cormier over Jones. However we all know Greg Jackson will never let that fight happen PERIOD. Just like Greg Jackson will NEVER let GSP/Silva happen PERIOD

I think he is jesting. He knows he cannot beat enough guys to earn a title shot. And he knows he cannot beat Jon Jones for the title. Those are the two things he has to do BEFORE even being able to keep his record of defenses. Then he will have to defend it AGAIN for said amount of fights.

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